On November 7th to 9th, Prof. Alexis Valentin, the vice president of Scientific Research Affairs ofUniversité Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UT III) visited FAFU, in the company of flexible employment expert of College of Bee Science of FAFU, Prof. Martin Giurfa of Animal Cognition Center in Integrative Biology Center of UT III. Zheng Baodong, vice president of FAFU, met with the guests in the reception hall on the 13th floor of Mingde Building on November 7th. Relevant persons in the charge of Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, Graduate School, College of Bee Science, Overseas Education College, and College of Resource and Environmental Science attended the meeting.

on the spot of the meeting

Zheng Baodong on behalf of FAFU warmly welcomed the arrival of Alexis Valentin. He briefly introduced FAFU and expressed the hope to cooperate with UT III in multiple areas. Alexis Valentin thanked the invitation and concisely introduced the discipline construction of UT III. He said that the cooperation in bee science between the two universities has been set up despite of the long distance from China to France. He hoped to sign a cooperation agreement as soon as possible and establish a long-term collaboration forjointly training doctoral students. Besides, he also expressed his desire to cooperate with FAFU in other fields, for instance, teacher training, personnel visits, scientific research exchanges, etc.

Alexis Valentin sequentially visited College of Life Sciences, Plant Immunity Center and Forest Center of Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, College of Bee Science, College of Animal Sciences, China National Engineering Research Center of JunCao Technology, College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering and College of Resource and Environmental Science. The two sides also discussed the cooperation in academic research and communication of relevant disciplines.

Correspondant/Photogragher: Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges Chen Yao